Accidents Caused by the Difference in Air Pressure Inside the Diving Apparatus and the Water Surrounding the Diver

Augustyn Dolatkowski

doi:10.2478/phr-2018-0018

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Accidents Caused by the Difference in Air Pressure Inside the Diving Apparatus and the Water Surrounding the Diver

Polish Hyperbaric Research

Volume 64 (2018): Issue 3 (September 2018)

By: Augustyn Dolatkowski

Open Access

|Jan 2019

Abstract

This paper describes 4 unfortunate accidents caused by the difference in pressure inside and outside the diver’s suit. The issues relate to diver crushing, caisson disease, too fast an ascent to the surface and hypoxia as a result of exhaustion of oxygen in the diving apparatus are explained. The mechanism of the diving injuries was analysed and methods of prevention of such incidents were suggested.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/phr-2018-0018 | Journal eISSN: 2084-0535 | Journal ISSN: 1734-7009

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Language: English

Page range: 45 - 54

Accepted on: Aug 8, 2018

Published on: Jan 3, 2019

Published by: Polish Hyperbaric Medicine and Technology Society

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

Keywords:

hypoxia,

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Volume 64 (2018): Issue 3 (September 2018)